History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Ransfort

In Dutch: Ransfortstraat

Rue Ransfort, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 92 buildings on the Atlas map, for 104 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 64% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18497
  • 1850 – 187959
  • 1880 – 191322
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 74: 1880.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life

La rue Ransfort rappelle le nom d'une grande ferme fondée au XIIIe siècle par l'hôpital Saint-Jean de Bruxelles. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.